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Try this as a Muslin and you are (probably) dead... Actually, try this as a non-white person and you are dead... Actually, try this, and you are dead (not sur

Try this as a Muslin and you are (probably) dead... Actually, try this as a non-white person and you are dead... Actually, try this, and you are dead (not sure how the author got away with it). Once I was flying to the United States and in the middle of the flight the screen in front of me printed a familiar image, Tux, the famous penguin icon of Linux (the entertainment system was rebooting or something). I thought it was interesting so I decided to take a picture, the woman that was sitting on my side asked me what was that and why was I taking a picture, so I smiled and said "Somebody hacked the plane", as you can guess she didn't get the "joke" and started (nervously) to look for one of the flight attendants, 3-5 minutes later she went to the bathroom but oh surprise (or maybe not) she returned with two of the flight attendants that started asking for my passport and to allow them to check my cabin bags. They were cool after I clarified the situation, but this was a lesson for me to 1) don't try to do stupid things in a plane, 2) don't joke with nervous people. I just remember the story of this mathematician that was writing some formulas in the plane and the person on his side thought that he was planning a terrorist attack. This is why it surprises me that the author of this article was able to get away with his "experiment" just like that. EDIT: Re-reading the article, he says that "the flight staff weren’t angry that I had cannibalized their headphones" and then continues with "If you work for Emirates, let me know and I’ll give you the seat and flight number". Considering this I will assume that they weren't angry because a) its a rich airline so they assume that people taking their flights are "harmless", or b) Middle East citizens are used to plane hijacks (this is actually a really bad joke, and I will accept the downvotes with resignation).

viraptor 10y ago
> its a rich airline so they assume that people taking their flights are "harmless" It's your average airline that spans from Europe to Australia from bases in middle east. Nothing really rich about it. (although, it is quite comfortable)
- nstj 10y ago
  Emirates has some of the highest revenue and cost numbers per average seat kilometre [0]. It's also subsidised to a large extent by the UAE [1]. I don't find the word "rich" to be very descriptive, but "high end" could easily apply in this circumstance. [0]: http://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/global/en/2016/jan/oliver-wyman-airline-economic-analysis-2015-2016.pdf http://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/global/e... [1]: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/emirates-confirms-billions-in-government-subsidy-for-airport-terminal-300134208.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/emirates-confirms-bi...
  - viraptor 10y ago
    I don't necessarily disagree with the high end. But looking at the CASK it's worth noting that they're almost exclusively long-distance flights. I'd like to see the graph from [0] split into long-haul and others. Currently they've got Emirates flying 10+ hours on the same graph as EasyJet doing 30min in Europe. Same for Quantas which does domestic 1h flights as well as international Dubai, or west coast US but is in one bar only. I know these are normalised per kilometer in theory, but there's a threshold when you need 2x the crew, can't really go without entertainment system, etc. Or specifically why I didn't say rich is that it's not like you have a lot of choice flying long-haul over middle east. You're likely to get a stop-over in Dubai and if you're flying One World, you're likely to have an Emirates code share.
    - spacehunt 10y ago
      Of the ME3 Qatar is the one that's in oneworld. Though it is Emirates who usually codeshares with Qantas because of their separate partnership agreement.
      - viraptor 10y ago
        You're right. I got so used to flying Emirates/Qantas codeshares I was sure it's because of One World. You learn every day...
  - dzhiurgis 10y ago
    Where does virgin stand? I thought they are the most expensive. Also I didn't find Emirates particularly different. The ones that did stand out to me is SAS.
    - nstj 10y ago
      There are a few different Virgin Airlines atm (Australia, Atlantic, e.g.)
justin_vanw 10y ago
Despite the media amplification and muckraking, and general 'agitprop', millions of Muslims fly every day without being murdered by other passengers or flight crews. They are horribly profiled in security, but again, claiming they will be murdered is a bit of an exaggeration.

viraptor 10y ago

> its a rich airline so they assume that people taking their flights are "harmless" It's your average airline that spans from Europe to Australia from bases in middle east. Nothing really rich about it. (although, it is quite comfortable)

nstj 10y ago
Emirates has some of the highest revenue and cost numbers per average seat kilometre [0]. It's also subsidised to a large extent by the UAE [1]. I don't find the word "rich" to be very descriptive, but "high end" could easily apply in this circumstance. [0]: http://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/global/en/2016/jan/oliver-wyman-airline-economic-analysis-2015-2016.pdf http://www.oliverwyman.com/content/dam/oliver-wyman/global/e... [1]: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/emirates-confirms-billions-in-government-subsidy-for-airport-terminal-300134208.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/emirates-confirms-bi...
- viraptor 10y ago
  I don't necessarily disagree with the high end. But looking at the CASK it's worth noting that they're almost exclusively long-distance flights. I'd like to see the graph from [0] split into long-haul and others. Currently they've got Emirates flying 10+ hours on the same graph as EasyJet doing 30min in Europe. Same for Quantas which does domestic 1h flights as well as international Dubai, or west coast US but is in one bar only. I know these are normalised per kilometer in theory, but there's a threshold when you need 2x the crew, can't really go without entertainment system, etc. Or specifically why I didn't say rich is that it's not like you have a lot of choice flying long-haul over middle east. You're likely to get a stop-over in Dubai and if you're flying One World, you're likely to have an Emirates code share.
  - spacehunt 10y ago
    Of the ME3 Qatar is the one that's in oneworld. Though it is Emirates who usually codeshares with Qantas because of their separate partnership agreement.
    - viraptor 10y ago
      You're right. I got so used to flying Emirates/Qantas codeshares I was sure it's because of One World. You learn every day...
- dzhiurgis 10y ago
  Where does virgin stand? I thought they are the most expensive. Also I didn't find Emirates particularly different. The ones that did stand out to me is SAS.
  - nstj 10y ago
    There are a few different Virgin Airlines atm (Australia, Atlantic, e.g.)

justin_vanw 10y ago

Despite the media amplification and muckraking, and general 'agitprop', millions of Muslims fly every day without being murdered by other passengers or flight crews. They are horribly profiled in security, but again, claiming they will be murdered is a bit of an exaggeration.